as in mother
a female human parent
the public school student addressed the letter to "Dear Mater"
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The 69-year-old hails from an ethnically mixed family – his father is Azeri and his mother is Kurdish.—
Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN,
6 July 2024 -
And if your mother doesn't feel comfortable setting her own boundary, offer to be her excuse.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Washington Post,
6 July 2024
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Kaling is a proud mom to three children, son Spencer Avu, 4, and daughters Anne, 17 months, and Katherine.—
Kayla Grant,
People.com,
31 July 2025
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After many years spent moonlighting as a stand-up while raising three children in East Tennessee, Morgan blew up on social media during the pandemic, when videos recorded on her porch connected her with an audience of other older moms and catapulted her into comedy’s upper echelon.—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
31 July 2025
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“Mater.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mater. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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